Definition of Burnishes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of burnish) ¹

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Definition of Burnishes

1. burnish [v] - See also: burnish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnishes

burning at the stake
burning bar
burning bush
burning down
burning drops sign
burning foot syndrome
burning mouth syndrome
burningly
burnings
burnish
burnished
burnisher
burnishers
burnishes
burnishing
burnishings
burnisht
burnlike
burnoff
burnoffs
burnoose
burnoosed
burnooses
burnou
burnous
burnouse
burnouses
burnout

Literary usage of Burnishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1858)
"... burnishes this down, applies another coating, burnishes this down, and so on, until the gold is about one-hundredth part the thickness of the silver. ..."

2. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"1 Another machine trims and burnishes the edges, and still another burnishes the heels. The bottoms are then scoured on sanded rollers, revolving b}' power, ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"... burnishes this down, applies another coating, burnishes this down, and so on, until the gold is about one-hundredth part the thickness of the silver. ..."

4. The Montreal Law Reports: Court of Queen's Bench by James Kirby (1887)
"One other point was made, that the machine used by appellants burnishes the under edge of the ... The patented machine burnishes quite as well as the other. ..."

5. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1894)
"Then he leaves this matrix of gold in there, and burnishes that down after he has pressed it into place. When he gets it all right to set, he makes some ..."

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